Forces loyal to President Elias Hrawi...

RENEWED FIGHTING.

December 6, 1989

- BEIRUT, LEBANON — RENEWED FIGHTING. Forces loyal to President Elias Hrawi fought their fiercest clashes so far with soldiers of Christian military leader Michel Aoun on Tuesday, trading tank and mortar fire across Beirut's Green Line. Civilians fled the city or rushed to underground shelters when the 90-minute barrage erupted in the morning, fearing a threatened all-out assault on the Christian enclave had begun. Fighting broke out again in the afternoon. The clashes revived memories of this year's six-month shelling war, halted under a cease-fire in September.